Hornibrook Group Collection

Film titled 'Snowy Visit'. Images of inspection of construction work and sites at Kosciusko, NSW. Images include a car on suburban streets, a man standing under electrical poles, a bus, man in front of a sign "Regional office - Kosciusko region". There is also footage of bushland and cabins, machinery, cables and factories etc. There are views over a valley and mountains, men and cars in front of cabins, men looking at the bush view, a cleared tree site, men at a worksite clearing and a bus, trucks etc. at the cleared worksite.

Silent film titled ‘Brisbane’. The footage shows the Hornibrook Construction company office at Breakfast Creek Road, Newstead. There are views from the office of Albion Hill, and Hornibrook Construction works sheds at Bulimba. The company moved to the site in 1948/1949 – prior to this, the site was utilised by the American military during World War Two. Bulimba Riverside Park now occupies the site. Footage of the works shows sheds, the river bank, Pashen Creek, and construction equipment.

The footage also shows the official opening of the Hornibrook works memorial gate, which was in memory of employee Robert Clark, who died on a business trip to New Zealand. There is footage of the crowd being addressed by a representative of the Brisbane Tabernacle and of M.R. Hornibrook.

The film includes footage of Tennyson Package Plant, around 1952 and of employee Harold ‘Stiffy’ Horn. Construction of Tennyson Power Station, Tennyson Reach and construction of Dalgety’s building, Florence Street, Teneriffe, in the 1950s are shown,  as are Story Bridge views.

Film titled 'Elizabeth is Queen'. Film of the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth, official parade and ceremony. Released in 1953 by Associated British Pathe. 

Film titled 'Sydney'. Footage of Hornibrook construction sites in Sydney including scenes of suburban streets, various construction sites, and bridge construction. 

Silent film footage showing the N.A.C.L. Cement Works at Stuart, near Townsville.

Hornibrook Construction Group outtakes - Titles only. I

ncludes titles for 'The practice at Government House, 1954' and 'The Guard of Honour for her Majesty, 1954' and others. 

Extract from an unidentified Commercial film (UK print) of a man and a woman in a lounge room. Film is deteriorated.
 

Silent film footage showing Townsville Regional Electricity Board Central Generating Station. There is also footage of men operating a drop hammer winch and excavation. The NACL Cement Works at Stuart, near Townsville is also featured, as is construction of the Ross River Bridge.